SARS Demanded N1m As Bail After ‘Abducting’ Me, Nigerian Says

A Nigerian youth has narrated his encounter with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the police and the way operatives demanded N1m bail to free him after an illegal arrest.

Recounting his ordeal with SARS, the Nigerian, who doesn't want to be named for safety reason, said his friend and him were forcefully arrested, adding that the SARS officials If he tried to ask someone for help, he threatened to kill him.

Describing the SARS officials as “real demons”, the youth said despite not finding anything incriminating on him, the officials demanded N1m before they might be released.

"He said," They told my friend, after searching our phones and finding nothing, to force the car down and get into their bus. He obeyed. 

"They started to taunt me in the car. Telling me how they're going to lock me up, chain me and nobody would do anything about it.

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“They told me that if i attempted to call out for help again, they're going to shoot me and throw my body down and nobody would find me. These guys are real demons.

“They asked us to pay them N1 m after driving for about an hour, and I asked why?”

He revealed that the SARS officials tortured and brutalised them while driving round the state.

He stated that he paid a sum of N100,000 to realize his freedom from the unjust arrest from the lads .

“Seeing that we weren’t close to give them the cash , they ended up bringing it right down to N100,000, which they drove us to Zenith Bank along Osolo way, opposite SOS home where they made my guy get down from the bus to withdraw the cash from the ATM.

“After they got the cash , they allow us to go. Till now I still don't know my crime,” he said.

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Nigerians have renewed the decision for the scrapping of SARS following fresh extrajudicial killings of some youth.

Young People on social media also involved total rejection and reprisal attack against the unlawful activities of SARS operatives with the hashtag #WarOnSars.

Reacting to the outcry, the Nigeria police has banned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical squads from routine patrol also as stop-and-search.

Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, during a statement on Sunday, banned the unit from engaging in routine patrol at the federal, zonal and command level 

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